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June 29, 1985 VA · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRAMMING FEEDER3BACK TO SET ON BELT, LINK BROKE CAUSING CHAIN TO HIT I.NAME ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE

February 17, 1984 VA · Coal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

SCOOP WAS STUCK EMPL GOT ON IT WHEN IT CAME UNSTUCK IT HAD TURNED UP A ROCK WHEN SCOOP RUN OVER ROCK IT THROUGH ME INTO TOP.

August 2, 1983 VA · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CARRYING BELT STRUCTURE LOST FOOTING INJURING SHOULDER

July 14, 1983 VA · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HIT IN MOUTH WITH ROOF BOLT WHILE INSTALLING THE BOLT WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED

June 4, 1983 VA · Coal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Lawson Mining Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE HAD A 950 ENDLOADER MOVING A SET OF 482 SCOOP BATTERIES BY WAY OF A CHAIN TO A BATTERY STAND LAWSON WAS IN BEHIND THE BATTERIES GRINDING THEM ON THE STAND WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPPED AND THE BAT TERIES PINNED LAWSONS LEGS HIS LEFT ANKLE WAS BROKEN ANKLE BONE WAS PUT OUT OF JOINT AND HE TORE 3 LIGAMENTS

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